Diasporas in the contemporary world / Milton J. Esman
- Author:
- Esman, Milton J. (Milton Jacob), 1918-2015
- Published:
- Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. : Polity, [2009]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2009
- Physical Description:
- 210 pages ; 22 cm
- Contents:
- What are diasporas, why do they matter? -- Definition and classes of diasporas -- Contemporary case studies -- North Africans in France -- Overseas Chinese: Malaysian, Thai, Japanese -- Zionists in Palestine -- Ukrainians in Canada -- The "Russian" diaspora in Israel -- Afro-Brazilians, 1531-2008 -- Palestinians in Kuwait -- Mexicans in the United States -- Problems and processes of adaptation -- Diasporas and international relations -- Diasporas and ethnic conflict -- Diasporas and public policy -- Prospects and outcomes.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780745644967 (cased)
0745644961 (cased)
074564497X (pbk.)
9780745644974 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-206) and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2009.
- Endowment Note:
- Paterno Libraries Endowment
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